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Lawrenceville schedules contract awards and ethics recertification for April 27; procurement ordinance sent to May 13; FY2027 budget presented
Summary
City staff presented several contract awards (strategic plan, Gwinnett Drive widening, engineering consulting and a six‑month renewal) as consent items for the April 27 regular meeting; the City Clerk presented a resolution to recertify Lawrenceville as a City of Ethics. Keith Lee presented a Fiscal Year 2027 proposed budget and a procurement ordinance that was sent to the May 13 work session. Council held an executive session on personnel, legal and real estate with no votes taken.
City staff on April 1 outlined several contract awards and governance items to be handled as consent items at the April 27 regular meeting, and presented the FY2027 proposed budget for council information.
Melissa Hardegree, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, presented the Strategic Plan Development and Implementation Framework contract (RP003-26) and said it would appear as Consent Item #1 on the April 27 regular agenda. She also presented a six-month renewal of RP001-22 (design management and production services) as Consent Item #4; the Gwinnett Drive Widening Project and an annual engineering consulting services contract were listed as Consent Items #2 and #3 respectively. The work-session minutes record these items as scheduled for the consent portion of the April 27 meeting; no contract amounts or vendor selections are provided in the minutes.
Karen Pierce, City Clerk, presented a resolution seeking recertification of the City of Lawrenceville as a certified City of Ethics; the resolution was placed on the consent agenda for April 27.
Keith Lee, Chief Financial Officer, presented a proposed ordinance amending Article IX (Procurement). Council directed that the procurement ordinance be sent to the May 13 work session for further review. Lee also presented the Fiscal Year 2027 proposed budget as a presentation-only item; no budget vote occurred at this work session.
Council moved into executive session to discuss personnel, litigation and real estate. The motion to enter and the motion to adjourn executive session were recorded as approved by unanimous recorded votes; after the session council reported discussing seven real estate matters and four legal matters and stated no votes were taken during the executive session.
What happens next: contract awards and the ethics recertification resolution are slated for the April 27 consent agenda for possible formal action; procurement ordinance revisions will be revisited at the May 13 work session; the FY2027 budget will be considered in subsequent budget hearings or meetings as scheduled.
